Eh, he does a lot of good things and a lot of bad things. The owners try everything they can to screw the players out of money, and Boras tries everything he can to get that money to the players. He’s the best in the business at what he does – getting his players the most money possible, so I have no problem with that. Can’t blame him for his negotiating tactics, after all, GM’s/owners don’t have to give him what he demands.

That said, he also pulls some shady moves that I don’t always think are in the best interests of his client. I could definitely see him advising Strasburg to reject the Nationals offer (like the Landon Powell example from the article), and there is no situation where that’s the right move for Strasburg. Rather, it’s the right move for Boras – if it works he gets all the credit and future business out of it, and if it doesn’t…easy enough to blame on the unfair system.

He also does things like shutting his clients completely off from the team, which to some degree is understandable, but in the fashion he does is completely over the top and let’s him control every aspect of the negotiation. Again, it puts him in a situation where he can make decisions for Scott Boras, not his client.

If I were lucky/talented enough to have the privelage of playing major league baseball, when it comes down to it, I’d absolutely hire Boras as my agent. I just wouldn’t let him steer me in a direction that benefitted him rather than myself.